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EP0399288A2
EP0399288A2 EP90108681A EP90108681A EP0399288A2 EP 0399288 A2 EP0399288 A2 EP 0399288A2 EP 90108681 A EP90108681 A EP 90108681A EP 90108681 A EP90108681 A EP 90108681A EP 0399288 A2 EP0399288 A2 EP 0399288A2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/82—Lamps with high-pressure unconstricted discharge having a cold pressure > 400 Torr
    • H01J61/827—Metal halide arc lamps
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/02—Details
    • H01J61/12—Selection of substances for gas fillings; Specified operating pressure or temperature
    • H01J61/125—Selection of substances for gas fillings; Specified operating pressure or temperature having an halogenide as principal component
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/14—Circuit arrangements
    • H05B41/24—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by high frequency AC, or with separate oscillator frequency
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/14—Circuit arrangements
    • H05B41/26—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from DC by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage DC
    • H05B41/28—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from DC by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage DC using static converters
    • H05B41/288—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from DC by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage DC using static converters with semiconductor devices and specially adapted for lamps without preheating electrodes, e.g. for high-intensity discharge lamps, high-pressure mercury or sodium lamps or low-pressure sodium lamps
    • H05B41/292—Arrangements for protecting lamps or circuits against abnormal operating conditions
    • H05B41/2928—Arrangements for protecting lamps or circuits against abnormal operating conditions for protecting the lamp against abnormal operating conditions
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B20/00—Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps

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  • the present invention relates generally to high intensity discharge (HID) lamps. More particularly, this invention relates to a metal halide discharge lamp which is driven at acoustic resonant frequencies in order to achieve thorough mixing of the arc tube fill ingredients, thereby resulting in highly efficient straight arc operation even in the horizontal burning position.
  • HID high intensity discharge
  • the arc discharge tube of a conventional high pressure discharge lamp contains a metal which is vaporized in the plasma arc during lamp operation.
  • a metal which is vaporized in the plasma arc during lamp operation.
  • the self-absorption characteristics of sodium atoms tend to limit lamp efficacy. That is, cooler sodium atoms existing proximate the walls of the arc discharge tube absorb some of the visible sodium D-line radiation produced within the hot central plasma region of the arc tube.
  • British Patent 2 133 925 One solution to this problem is described in British Patent 2 133 925.
  • An electrodeless HID lamp comprises an arc tube for containing a fill and an excitation coil coupled to a radio frequency power source; the excitation coil surrounds the arc tube for exciting a plasma arc discharge in the fill.
  • One such lamp is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,783,615, issued to J.T. Dakin on November 8, 1988 and assigned to the assignee of the present invention.
  • This patent which is hereby incorporated by reference, teaches the use of xenon as a buffer gas in an electrodeless sodium iodide HID lamp. Very high efficacies are achieved by using an arc tube with rounded edges and by surrounding a portion of the arc tube with quartz wool.
  • electrodeless metal halide HID lamps exhibit characteristics of high efficacy and good color
  • electroded HID lamps are generally more efficacious than electrodeless HID lamps.
  • One reason is that small, low power, electrodeless HID lamps sustain high coil coupling losses.
  • the relative complexity and resulting high cost of the 13.56 MHz electronic ballasts generally needed to operate electrodeless HID lamps render such lamps impractical for many applications.
  • the discharge column of a lamp operated in the horizontal burning position is bowed, i.e., curved upwardly.
  • the discharge column may assume a contorted shape, which may be stable or unstable in the frequency range from approximately 20 kHz to approximately 1 MHz. Sufficiently severe instabilities can cause the discharge to extinguish. Moreover, an unstable arc may even destroy the arc tube. It has heretofore been generally accepted that these instabilities are related to the excitement of acoustic oscillations in the gas by the high frequency drive power.
  • Davenport states that when commercially available metal halide HID lamps are operated in the range from 20 kHz to 50 kHz, they are subject to destructive effects of acoustics resonances.
  • electronic ballast designs are generally limited to operating frequencies which do not excite acoustic resonant oscillations in the fill.
  • Davenport's invention involves miniature metal halide HID lamps operated in resonance-free regions.
  • acoustic resonant oscillations are excited in the fill of the HID lamp of the present invention by either an amplitude modulated or a non-amplitude-modulated power supply, to ensure thorough mixing of the ingredients comprising the fill, thereby resulting in high efficacy and straight arc operation even in the horizontal burning position.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved electroded metal halide high intensity discharge lamp which exhibits improved efficacy at low power levels.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved electroded metal halide high intensity discharge lamp which is driven at acoustic resonant frequencies to achieve thorough mixing of the fill ingredients within the arc tube which results in highly efficient straight arc operation even in the horizontal burning position.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved metal halide high intensity discharge lamp which is driven at acoustic resonant frequencies by either an amplitude modulated or a non-­amplitude-modulated high frequency power supply to produce highly efficient, straight arc operation even in the horizontal burning position.
  • the gaseous discharge medium or fill comprises a combination of one or more metal halides and a buffer material to chemically limit transport of energy from the hot core of the arc to the arc tube walls.
  • the arc tube is coupled to a very-low to low radio frequency power source for exciting acoustic resonant oscillations of the fill gas to thoroughly mix the fill ingredients, thus resulting in a lamp of high efficacy.
  • the lamp can be driven by either an amplitude modulated or a non-amplitude modulated radio frequency power supply.
  • exciting acoustic resonant oscillations in the fill produces a straight arc even when the lamp is operated in the horizontal burning position.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an arc tube 10 for a high efficacy, high pressure metal halide discharge lamp constructed according to the present invention.
  • Arc tube 10 comprises a light-transmissive material, such as quartz or fused silica.
  • the central portion of arc tube 10 is preferably elliptical.
  • Electrodes 16 and 18, for example made of tungsten, are connected to leads 20 and 22, respectively, at opposite ends of the arc tube.
  • the fill enclosed by arc tube 10 comprises a combination of one or more metal halides and a buffer in a sufficient quantity to chemically limit the transport of energy from the hot core of the arc to the walls of the arc tube. Under certain conditions, a starting gas is also added.
  • Suitable metal halides are: sodium iodide, scandium iodide, thallium iodide, lithium iodide, indium iodide, zinc iodide, lanthanum iodide and cerium chloride.
  • An inert gas, such as xenon or krypton may comprise a suitable buffer.
  • mercury vapor is preferably used as the buffer because use of mercury results in an increased arc voltage drop, thereby decreasing electrode losses.
  • a suitable fill comprises a combination of sodium iodide, scandium iodide, mercury vapor, and a starting gas such as argon.
  • arc tube 10 is coupled to a high frequency electrical power supply 12 which provides very-low to low radio frequency (RF) energy for igniting an arc and exciting acoustic oscillations of the fill.
  • RF radio frequency
  • Driving the arc at acoustic resonant frequencies results in gross movement of the gaseous fill within the arc tube.
  • Such motion results in thorough mixing of the fill ingredients, thereby decreasing the number, if any, of free metal atoms near the wall of the arc tube which absorb visible radiation from the core of the discharge.
  • lamp efficacy is increased.
  • a stable straight arc 24 in both the horizontal and vertical burning positions is likewise achieved by exciting acoustic resonant oscillations in the fill.
  • Thorough mixing of the fill ingredients may be enhanced further by ensuring an arc tube aspect ratio (i.e., length/diameter) in the range from 0.5 to 5.0.
  • the preferred frequency range of operation is from 20 kHz to 100 kHz, the frequency range where acoustic oscillations are easily excited and for which simple, low-­cost power supplies can be used. Within this frequency range, however, high-efficiency straight arc operation can be achieved only in specific narrow resonant frequency bands which depend upon the particular structure and fill of the lamp.
  • Two elliptical lamps, A and B were tested, each having a minor diameter of 6 millimeters and a major diameter of 9 millimeters and a fill comprising: 5 milligrams total of sodium iodide and scandium iodide with a specific composition of 95 mole % NaI and 5 mole % ScI3; a 4 milligram mercury amalgam composed of 98 mole % mercury and 2 mole % cadmium; and 120 Torr partial pressure of argon as a starting gas.
  • Each lamp was placed horizontally in an integrating sphere and operated at 25 watts with an ENI Model 1140LA variable frequency amplifier.
  • each lamp was connected to the amplifier through a matching transformer and a 500 ⁇ resistor.
  • the operating frequency was varied from approximately 15 KHz to 65 KHz, including resonant and non-­resonant frequencies.
  • Light output was measured with an eye sensitivity corrected silicon photodiode, model PIN-10AP, manufactured by United Detector Technology, Inc. Data was taken at frequencies for which the arc was stable. At non-­resonant frequencies (indicated by the cross-hatched bars), the arc was bowed, as expected. In narrow acoustic resonant frequency bands (indicated by solid bars), efficacy increased and the arc assumed a straight appearance.
  • Figures 2 and 3 illustrate the efficacies of lamps A and B, respectively, in the resonant and non-resonant modes of operation.

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